At street level, there is a pharmacy. The sliding doors open, you walk through a long room with walls made of glass. In front of the glass walls the items are displayed, behind them a void, the pharmacist preparing a recipe, there is a view to the garden. On level -1 there is a living space. Through the skylight, the light falls deep into the space. On the garden side is a glass facade and terrace that extends into the garden. All spaces are heated and ventilated by an integrated underfloor heating system. Above the pharmacy there is a spacious family house over three levels connected by an elevator. The facade is composed of large glass sliding windows with perforated shutters in front of them. As shading, the shutters keep out the bright summer sun and let in pleasant filtered light. As a privacy screen the shutters prevent the residents from being seen from the shopping street.
Newly built pharmacy with house
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Status: Completed 2006
Team: Rik De Vooght, Allard Swrenke
Collaboration: Frans Van Praet
Client: Family De Vooght
Location: Hofkwartier, Herentals, BE
Program: Pharmacy and family residence
Photography: Luc Roymans
Pharmacy and Residence De Vooght
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Rik De Vooght
Rik studied at the Caholic University of Leuven from where he graduated as an engineering architect. He starts his career with an internship at Jo Crepain Architect N.V. and works as a project executive, and later as a projectmanager, for various projects at home and abroad. Together with Allard Schwencke, Rik founded Open Architecten bvba, where he was project and responsible manager of various projects in Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal. In 2011 Allard Schwencke he founded his own architectural office: Atelier ASA. Rik then changed the name from Open Architecten bvba to Rik de Vooght Architecten bvba. In the mean time he also opened 2DVW Architecten bvba, together with Johan de Wachter (JDWA). 2DVW Architecten is an office for architecture and design specialising in large-scaled projects at home and abroad. The project “Pharmacy De Vooght” is nominated for the Belgium Building Awards, the National Steel Building Prize and is the Winner of the Architecture Night in 2007. In 2010, the urban development plan “balteau site in Liège will be awarded a shared first place of The international design contest Europan 10.
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